2013.2.12: [off the rocker] single now available

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off the rocker please please please listen to me i’m begging////////////////////

happidom lead me into happy doom/a gravestone march into the tomb/+ deeds within the light/smell of dirt + cheap cigars/that must mean that i’m not far/but will i miss the night?/is it wicked to miss questions?/long for problems + solutions/miss the wholesomeness/ache of loving others still in spite of me?/troubled lovers rest in piece/till reunite + bodies feast/+ everything’s intact/when they wake + love has won/their raven’s path will be gone/but how will they react?/yearn for real within rejection/see the hole within perfection/lost our chances after death/we’re prisoners of happiness/nothing breaking/nothing ending/save the end of all beginnings/nothing can be precious if there’s no more losing all of it/lead me into happy doom/a gravestone march into the tomb/+ deeds within the light//////////////////////

skyscrape look at the kid up high/he’s gonna jump but he’s feeling fine/he’s sharp/he’s flying/he feels alive/it looks good to me/side effects are small + harmless/only when you hit the surface/the sensation will take over you/mother father what did you do to make us sick + tired of this hollow conversation on the things we care about/skyscrape just to stay awake/it’s visceral/intangible/it’s good to feel something/+ if it hurts to fall you take it/but it’s something you’ll get used to/so addictive/there’s a price to pay/there’s nothing worth keeping anyway/the sensation will take over you/mother father what did you do to make us sick + tired of this hollow conversation on the things we care about/skyscrape just to stay awake/you can get used to this////////////////////

soften head to toe in bandage/you did this for me/new sensations in my eyes/i don’t recall a thing/i really want to thank you/but i don’t know your name/sharpest needle/hardest fall/it softens to a grey/you don’t need to tell me/i can feel the pain/you don’t need to tell me/i can feel the pain go away/you don’t need to stay here standing in the rain/shiver closely in my arms now/that’s the only way/i don’t want to leave you/but i shouldn’t stay/you can tell me all the things that no one else would say/you don’t need to tell me/everything’s okay/you don’t need to tell me/everything’s okay for today////////////////////

liars give me a hollow chest/a cave that once held/something so powerful/it escaped my bones but ties me to every living thing + leaves no emptiness in me/i want to be a channel/a vessel/for something intangible/every time we settle/deny what’s possible/forget we’re capable/so big/my skin/can’t fit/i’ve outgrown my words////////////////////

sabbatical let’s get away from the drama/i wanna learn all your flaws/so you + i can be honest/+ we can share our two worlds/would it be too much to kiss you?/i hope that you don’t mind/that this was the best i could do/i’ll make it up to you sometime////////////////////////////////

trendsetters they’re gonna ruin this town/they’ll burn it to the ground/why must it be such a problem/to be a little uncool?/now they’re all in school/planning our great destruction/i can’t keep up with the trends/i’ll follow you instead/isn’t that what everyone does now?/they say that E!’s got the facts/+ food network’s got the snacks/i can’t afford that/i never know when to say it but i know how to take it ’cause i can’t keep up/last night a wordless chorus echoed through the basements/i didn’t understand it/it was in unison/+ that meant everything!/if MTV’s got the hits/i must be in the sticks/missed out on sexy violence/if liquor’s all we need/to save this city/then shove it in my face/i never know when to say it but i know how to take it ’cause i can’t keep up/you never know when to run till they hunt you down/it’s strength in numbers///////////////////////////////

when i sleep when i sleep i see your window/it’s sealed shut + i can’t get through/but i can’t wake up can’t wake up can’t wake up can’t wake up without you/it’s hard now to let go/’cause i need/need a connection/if i dream it/it might all work out/if i wait all night wait all night wait all night wait all night would you come?/would you come before i grow old?/my friends/they are all liars/they’re happy + i’m dragging them down/+ i wish i could wish i could wish i could wish i could say something right/so i can keep them around/lock up all the doors + wait for the sun to come up/i don’t know why i still struggle with all this self doubt////////////////////

smile watch the moon as it cracks above the home you made/where’s the star that kept you safe?/the earthquake under the floorboards shakes you up/grab only what you can take/firetrucks + politics can’t stop this now/found a ditch a quick place to hide/can’t breathe with the suffocating steps above/there’s no sense in keeping your pride/moments flash before your eyes as you make haste/the city collapsing around you/no control of anything you hesitate/a good man’s got so much to lose/you got a smile on your face i wanna wipe it off/don’t hide the feeling in your blood/you got a smile on your face i want to wipe it off/burn burn the city’s coming down/look at the sky/what went awry?/how did you spend your time?////////////////////////////////////////////////

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